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#387 – RISK BASED, DECISION MAKING – GREG HUTCHINS

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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.||
Jimmy Carter – U.S. President

Working It in VUCA time emphasizes Risk Based, Problem Solving (RBPS) and Risk Based, Decision Making (RBDM), which are the essence of self-management, execution, career resilience, and career agility.

Years ago, our mantra was risk management should be part of the tool box of all engineers.  Why?  Engineers live and work in the world of uncertainty and risk.  Then things changed.  In VUCA time, we say that risk is the entire toolkit and lens for ALL work and living in VUCA time.  McKinsey, the global consulting firm, explains the connection between problem solving and decision making: Continue reading →

#387 – ABILITY TO INFLUENCE DECISIONS – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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The role of a reliability engineer is to support the other engineers and managers as they make decisions concerning reliability.

Our ability may be well honed and effective. Or it may be fumbling or annoying. It is our ability to communicate along with our technical ability that determine our ability to influence well.

We may do analysis or testing. We follow up on failures and evaluate suppliers. What we actually are doing is influencing decisions. Continue reading →

#387 – RISK CULTURE DOES NOT EXIST: IT’S ALL ABOUT RISK MATURITY – PATRICK OW

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[This is the first of a series of seven articles on the topic of risk culture and how organisations can improve their performance through uplifting their risk maturity.]

Interest in risk culture has been growing since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. It is a topic that is getting more and more spotlight. Continue reading →

#387 – MENTAL RISK: SOLITUDE IS PLEASANT: LONELINESS IS NOT – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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Mental Health Awareness week is fast approaching. This year it is from     9th-15th May and the theme is Loneliness, Anna Neagle is right, in her    book Cultivating and being happy in our own company is important, but    even the most introverted among us benefit from human connection and where increasingly people have started working from home, or in a hybrid home/workplace setting, we need to proactively seek that connection out.  Connection can be with our close circle, or even from small talk        with strangers the research shows that both are helpful for our wellbeing.,
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#387 – SCOPING YOUR PROJECT CONSTRAINTS – MARK MOORE

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This article focuses on one of the most fundamental principles of project management that is critical for any Project Manager, leader, or organization to understand. That topic is “Scope”. As I proposed this topic, one of my LinkedIn cyber colleagues (Bill Duncan) added that he teaches scope in two parts – the Product Scope (which is what you will be delivering at the end of the project) and the Work Scope (which is how you will organize the work and deliver the effort within the confines of the project). Continue reading →